Adjustable fastener device



H. REITER ADJUSTABLE FASTENER DEVICE Dec. s, 1925. 1,565,202

Filed Jan. 9. 1925- LETEI INVENTOR l j@ ATTORNEYS Patented Dec. 8, 1925.

HERMAN narran, o

ADJUSTABLE FA.

Application 1ed January To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, HERMAN Rnrrnn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Adjustable Fastener Device, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to an adjustable fastener device which is adapted for use in a great many different ways.

An object of the invention concerns the provision of a simple and efficient fastening device adapted to be used especially in connection with articles of wearing apparel, such as dresses, coats, caps, etc., so that the ready adjustment of the parts to which the device is fastened can be had with the utmost ease and simplicity.

The invention is illustrated in the draw* ings, of which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cap supplied with my adjustable fastener device;

Fig. 2 is a section taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4C is a section taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is a section taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3;

Figs. 6 and 7 are partial perspective views of the metal plates forming part of the device; and

Fig. 8 is a plan view of a modified form of the device.

The form of the invention shown in the drawings in a preferred form, although itv is understood that modications in the construction and arrangement of the parts and in the character of the materials used may be adopted without departing from the spirit of the invention as set forth in the appended claims..

The preferred form of the invention is shown in the drawings as applied to a cap, although it is, of course, to be understood that this invention can be applied in many other forms than the one shown. In the F NEW YORK, N. Y.

ENER DEVICE.

9, 1925. Serial No. 1,429.

drawing, the invention is applied to a cap having talos or flaps 10 and 11. A head 12 is fastened to one flap and acts as one element of the adjustable fastening device. A. plate 13 is applied to the other flap 10. This plate is provided with a series of holes 14 therein. The ends of the plate are provided with prongs 15 which pierce the flap and lie in notches 16 in a plate 17 disposed 00 against the other surface of the flap 10. The ends of these prongs 15 are bent over as shown in Fig. 2 to hold the plates together. i

A U-shaped spring member 18 is provided 05 on the inner side of plate 13 with the legs thereof lying along the edges of the holes 14 and projecting slightly thereover as shown in Fig. 3. This spring member is held in position by means of ears 19 which 70 are formed and cut out of metal of the plate 13 and bent down to embrace the spring member 18 at points intermediate the length thereof so as to hold it in position.

When the head 12 is projected through 75 any one of the holes, it forces the spring element apart until the head has passed through the hole, and then the spring element draws together again to hold the head in engagement with the plate 13. This provides a resilient clasping means, and by reason of the series of holes the head can be projected into one or the other, as the case may be, to give the proper adjustment between the flaps 10 and 11 whereby the size 85 of the cap can be altered as desired.

It is obvious that this fastener device can be applied to other portions of other garments and can be used in various other ways to provide simple and efficient adjusting means. The plate 13 can have its edges bent over as shown at 2O and 21, Fi 5, to further enhance the positioning o the spring element.

What I claim is In combination, a layer of fabric, an apertured plate disposed against one side thereof, a second plate disposed against the other side thereof, the apertured plate having prongs adapted to be bent up at the ends 100 thereof and project through the fabric, the second plate having notches in its ends and projecting slightlr thereover, and a. plurality of lips struck up from the metal of the first plate, said lips being curved over 1U to embrace the spring member throughout its length to hglcl, it in place.

HERMAN REITER. 

